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Breed Ban in Seattle?
Sep. 11th, 2008 05:11 amWill Seattle be the next city to trade a freedom for the illusion of public safety?
I think I'll make a top ten "reasons I'm against breed bans" list, since there must be at least ten reasons, and having them in a list would be helpful.
Since any strong dog (a relative measure since dog bite victims tend to be children) can be dangerous, perhaps there should be bans based on mass alone: How would it be if the animal control officers took away and euthanized every dog in your city that weighed over 50 pounds? I bet people wouldn't overfeed their stupid retrievers so much, that's what I think.
How would people react if a type of car was banned from a city? Let's say two seater sports cars just for the sake of argument. But then the smart car people would get upset! And suddenly there'd be rash of sports cars with four seats, that were just as fast and powerful as the two seaters.
I'm getting so tired of these arguments. Part of me wants there to be a coast to coast ban on pit bulls, just until people realize that the rate of dog attacks hadn't changed, but for some reason there seemed to be an epidemic of attacks by Alaskan malamutes and "black lab mixes." Poor young men are always going to have some kind of dog to stand in for real power. If not pit bulls, it will be something else. Maybe young men should be banned from owning dogs of any kind? How about a ban on poor people owning any kind of property?
How much freedom are you willing to give up for the illusion of public safety?
I think I'll make a top ten "reasons I'm against breed bans" list, since there must be at least ten reasons, and having them in a list would be helpful.
Since any strong dog (a relative measure since dog bite victims tend to be children) can be dangerous, perhaps there should be bans based on mass alone: How would it be if the animal control officers took away and euthanized every dog in your city that weighed over 50 pounds? I bet people wouldn't overfeed their stupid retrievers so much, that's what I think.
How would people react if a type of car was banned from a city? Let's say two seater sports cars just for the sake of argument. But then the smart car people would get upset! And suddenly there'd be rash of sports cars with four seats, that were just as fast and powerful as the two seaters.
I'm getting so tired of these arguments. Part of me wants there to be a coast to coast ban on pit bulls, just until people realize that the rate of dog attacks hadn't changed, but for some reason there seemed to be an epidemic of attacks by Alaskan malamutes and "black lab mixes." Poor young men are always going to have some kind of dog to stand in for real power. If not pit bulls, it will be something else. Maybe young men should be banned from owning dogs of any kind? How about a ban on poor people owning any kind of property?
How much freedom are you willing to give up for the illusion of public safety?
